Bill Strickland, director of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, must decide the best way to repeat its innovative, award-winning approach to the treatment of poverty. Approach Manchester Bidwell, which provides both adult training customized to fill the needs of local industry and after-school art instruction for at-risk youth, has proved very effective for 40 years, Strickland is running. He wants to repeat this strategy in 100 or 200 cities, but progress has been slow. Is the current intense right approach, or should I change it? What would be at risk? How it can best ensure its "cure poverty" to the largest number of communities? "Hide
by Toby Stuart, G. Felda Hardymon, James L. Heskett, Ann Leamon Source: Harvard Business School 19 pages. Date : April 14, 2010. Prod. #: 810097-PDF-ENG
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